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enIs it safe to have cataracts removed if you have dry eyes ?http://www.empowher.com/community/ask/it-safe-have-cataracts-removed-if-you-have-dry-eyes
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<!--paging_filter--><p>We've been told and have believed for some time, that antioxidants reduce the risk of several health conditions by helping taxed cells in the body minimize or repair the adverse effects of free radica</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Eyes are a “window to the soul,” but what about a window to the brain?</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Summer for kids means lazy, hazy days with no homework. It means running and playing outside, in the backyard, at a park, or perhaps on a beach.</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>A common air pollutant previously associated with cancer in adults may also be putting children at an increase risk for chromosomal aberrations (CAs) that may be linked to leukemia and other serious h</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Cataracts can cause major vision issues. Cataracts are defined as a blurring of the lens of the eye, which results in decreased vision and contrast color sensitivity.</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Generally cataract patients are 55 years or older.</p>
<p>However, there are cases of younger people having cataracts.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/cataracts-symptoms-diagnosis-and-treatments" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/cataracts-symptoms-diagnosis-and-treatments#commentsCataractSymptoms & DiagnosisTreatmentscloudyCongenital cataracteyehazy visionheadlightsRadiation cataractSecondary cataractSensitivityTraumatic cataractMon, 10 Oct 2011 17:09:10 +0000EmpowHER10453826 at http://www.empowher.comCataracts: An Overviewhttp://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/cataracts-overview
<!--paging_filter--><p>A cataract is a cloud over the lens of the eye.</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>I've just recently had a comprehensive eye exam that shows I have cataracts in both eyes, worse in one eye.</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>According to the National Eye Institute (NEI), ʺby age 80, more than half of all Americans either have a cataract or have had cataract surgery.ʺ Generally cataract patients are 55 years or older.</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Those who live with celiac disease know that they must be extremely careful with their gluten-free diet and be sure to get their needed vitamins and minerals.</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Cataracts affect nearly 22 million Americans age 40 and older. By age 80, more than half of all Americans have cataracts.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/treating-age-related-cataract" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/treating-age-related-cataract#commentsCataractCausesTreatmentsAlternative Medicinealternative treatmentsArnica and ConiumCausticumCineraria Maritima SuccuscorneaedemaHomeopathyintra-capsular extractionKali MurisMag Carbnutrition approachopacificationposterior capsulesenile cataractsurgerytreatmentClinicalWed, 08 Jun 2011 04:00:46 +0000Mamta Singh10447856 at http://www.empowher.comAll About Senile Cataractshttp://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/all-about-senile-cataracts
<!--paging_filter--><p>We all probably know of senior citizens who have undergone cataract surgery. It is one of the common ocular conditions one hears of from older parents, their friends and our elderly relations.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/all-about-senile-cataracts" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/all-about-senile-cataracts#commentsCataractDefinition & OverviewSymptoms & DiagnosisTreatmentscortical catatracthyper mature senile cataractimmature senile cataractmature senile cataractposterior subscapular cataractsenile cataractsenile nuclear cataractClinicalWed, 08 Jun 2011 03:50:03 +0000Mamta Singh10447855 at http://www.empowher.comDiabetic Complications: Cataracts http://www.empowher.com/diabetic-retinopathy/content/diabetic-complications-cataracts
<!--paging_filter--><p>I have diabetic retinopathy. I have had it for two years now. At the same time I was diagnosed, I was also told that I have peripheral cataracts.</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Americans are living longer than ever before and most people who live into their 70s and beyond will develop cataracts at some point.</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Hi, I had a surgery to remove the cataracts and permaenent contact lenses were placed.</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>I have had a catact removed from the right eye about two years ago, and just recently I had surgery for diverticularitis, in October 2009.</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Most people have heard of cataracts, but you may not know what the term really means. A cataract is the clouding of the lens in your eye.</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Vitamin B2, or riboflavin, has a lot in common with its close family member Vitamin B1, or thiamine.</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Actress Florence Henderson describes her Crystalens® procedure, which corrects cataracts and vision problems, and shares her newest theater and business projects.</p>
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Hi and thank you for joining us at EmpowHER where we improve health and change lives. Let’s talk about cataracts, a clouding in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its envelope eventually causing vision loss or blinding if untreated. Now actress Florence Henderson, she selected Crystalens®, the only FDA approved, accommodating intraocular lens (IOL) for her cataract surgery and to share her story, well I’m joined right now by my favorite TV mom of all time, Hi Florence! </p>
<p><strong>Florence Henderson:</strong><br />
Hi Todd, how are you? </p>
<p><strong>Todd Hartley:</strong><br />
Great, it’s nice to have you here on EmpowHER and everyone who lives long enough Florence, as you know, will eventually develop cataract. Do you remember the moment you noticed something just wasn’t right with your vision? </p>
<p><strong>Florence Henderson:</strong><br />
Well, yes, I started noticing you know, trouble seeing street signs and then more difficulty reading and getting onto the freeway and seeing signs where I had to exit, you know things like that and the colors were not as bright and things you see you know, they just get more and more blurry. </p>
<p><strong>Todd Hartley:</strong><br />
Right, now Florence because he wore glasses, I would have put money on Cousin Oliver having vision problems before you. </p>
<p><strong>Florence Henderson:</strong><br />
Well, poor Cousin Oliver, but you know it’s like, well I think anybody after 39, you know, I always encourage people, I love the word that you have – EmpowHER, because that’s always my goal in life is to empower, inspire and make life easier for older adults, but everybody should really take good care of their eyes. The exciting thing is that there are always so many new things being done for vision. </p>
<p><strong>Todd Hartley:</strong><br />
Oh yeah, it’s an exciting field! How long did it take for you to live with your cataracts before you had surgery? </p>
<p><strong>Florence Henderson:</strong><br />
Well because I worked so much and I traveled so much you know, you kind of put those things off, but then you get to the point where it’s just uncomfortable, it can give you headaches. You know, it’s just not a good thing to live with and I would say… </p>
<p><strong>Todd Hartley:</strong><br />
It’s a tough thing to live with, especially as you were saying working and knowing that your vision is deteriorating, it’s got to be a difficult process but cataract surgery is one of the most common surgeries in the world and you had cataract vision correction with Crystalens®. What was that procedure like? </p>
<p><strong>Florence Henderson:</strong><br />
It was so easy, I can’t even begin to tell you, Dr. Khodabakhsh was my surgeon and you know, you just lie down and they ask you to hold your head very still and I’m a very good patient and it was very simple, very quick and the great thing is, is that with the Crystalens® I could see immediately, and it’s just a big thrill and it keeps improving all the time. And the great thing about it, which the older lens did not do, it allows you to see distance, intermediate, and you can read with it. It’s really, I send so many people to Dr. Khodabakhsh because I am so thrilled with it. </p>
<p><strong>Todd Hartley:</strong><br />
It sounds like the procedure that you had with Crystalens® is not only a cataract procedure but it’s also a corrective vision procedure. </p>
<p><strong>Florence Henderson:</strong><br />
Yes, as I understand it Todd, and I’m not quite sure about this, but some people who have just horrible vision and LASIK hasn’t worked for them, or they’re opting to replace the lens with the Crystalens®, which allows them greater vision, and with the Crystalens® you know, everything is sharper, colors are brighter. It’s just a gift.</p>
<p><strong>Todd Hartley:</strong><br />
Yeah it sounds like it was. What was the pain like? </p>
<p><strong>Florence Henderson:</strong><br />
I didn’t experience any pain. You know, you use drops after, which is no big deal, but I don’t know if people, other people experienced discomfort; I did not. You know, you might feel a little redness in the eye or a little irritation, but it was so minor. I wasn’t even aware of it, to be honest with you. </p>
<p><strong>Todd Hartley:</strong><br />
And after surgery your vision improved? Did you have any haloes or glares when you looked at bright objects? </p>
<p><strong>Florence Henderson:</strong><br />
I don’t know. I certainly did before though I can tell you. No, I drive at night and in Los Angeles we have to drive everywhere, miles and miles, and so no, I drive at night and it’s such a pleasure. </p>
<p><strong>Todd Hartley:</strong><br />
Tell me what you are working on now? What kind of projects you got going on? </p>
<p><strong>Florence Henderson:</strong><br />
Well, you know I do my one-woman show; it’s called “All the Lives of Me”. I have been doing that all over the country. I was in New York, I was in Indianapolis, Sin City, I did, yeah a lot of different places and I love doing that. I have also formed a company called FLOH, which our goal is to make, as I said before, make living easier, simpler, and better for older adults and trying to inspire people to be active, to be interested in life and be interesting, and I am just loving it and from that came the FLOH Club and the FLOH Club is a company that we have started, it’s kind of like roadside assistance for your computer. </p>
<p><strong>Todd Hartley:</strong><br />
Oh, what a great idea! </p>
<p><strong>Florence Henderson:</strong><br />
Yeah, we have all North American-based people who will help you be very patient, very kind and with your permission, take over your computer for you and fix problems. They teach you, most any problems that you would have with a computer they can help you with and for me, I was always terrified of technology and that’s how this came about because I was approached through my FLOH company by these young gentlemen. I said, “Look, I have a cell phone here that does all these things and I can’t work it,” and within a few minutes he had me texting and getting my email and it was so exciting and I said, “Well, alright, I’ll try,” and so then I attacked the computer and now I can email; I Skype with my kids that live in L.A. It’s just really terrific. </p>
<p><strong>Todd Hartley:</strong><br />
You know you just did, you did what my sister pretty much identified this when she said, “I don’t want to get an iPhone because then I’ll become mom’s full-time iPhone assistant.” </p>
<p><strong>Florence Henderson:</strong><br />
I know; that’s what happened.</p>
<p><strong>Todd Hartley:</strong><br />
And this mom in particular, always said, “Don’t play ball in the house”. She is the lovable Florence Henderson and if you’d like to find out more about cataract vision correct with Crystalens® visit <a href="http://www.crystalens.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >Crystalens.com.</a> Florence Henderson, thank you so much for helping us advocate for women. </p>
<p><strong>Florence Henderson:</strong><br />
Oh thank you Todd. It’s one of my favorite things to do. </p>
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http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/florence-henderson-discusses-her-cataract-surgery#commentsCataractTestimonialTreatmentscataract surgeryCrystalensFlorence HendersonCelebrityMon, 07 Jun 2010 19:42:16 +0000Florence Henderson10432456 at http://www.empowher.comVision Problems: What Was The Cause?http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/vision-problems-what-was-cause
<!--paging_filter--><p>Jeanette recalls her vision waning and shares the cause of the problem.</p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p><strong>Jeanette:</strong><br />
I am Jeanette and I am a patient of Dr. Gong and I’d like to share my story about my cataracts. I was born and raised here in Phoenix, so I have lived in Phoenix my whole life and being a school teacher, I had been exposed to the sun a lot and then also my brother has cataracts and probably my parents had cataracts, but they probably never bothered to have them taken out. </p>
<p>I first noticed that my vision was not as good as it used to be. So then I decided I need to go to Dr. Gong to check about my vision and what was happening with my so called vision because I was pretty proud at my age that I didn’t have to wear glasses. So I came in, in 2008 and Dr. Gong did an examination and found out that I do have the beginnings of cataracts in both eyes. </p>
<p>My fears are, since I am a sewer my fears are maybe that they would get too large that I will be not able to enjoy one of my favorite pastime – sewing. I notice now that Dr. Gong did prescribe that I get bifocals so that way when I am doing close up work I can put those on to help me and of course eventually, when the cataracts become larger I would have them removed. </p>
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http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/vision-problems-what-was-cause#commentsCataractDiagnosisCausesTestimonialEye DropsVision ChangeFri, 04 Jun 2010 20:01:19 +0000Jeanette H10432365 at http://www.empowher.comEye Problems: Which Condition Is Developing Beside Cataracts?http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/eye-problems-which-condition-developing-beside-cataracts
<!--paging_filter--><p>Jeanette recalls how severe her cataracts are, explains which other eye condition may be developing, and provides advice for women who are having vision problems and are afraid to see a doctor.</p>
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Well right now they are just at the forming stage and she said that it probably will be a while before I would have to have them removed, so she just said to, you know, watch my exposure to the ultraviolet light and from the sun by wearing sunglasses whenever I am outside. So that’s at this point because they are just tiny little cataracts. </p>
<p>There’s another problem that Dr. Gong found out is that I could have possibly the beginning of glaucoma so I do use Travatan eye drops daily before I go to sleep. </p>
<p>It’s very important that you try to catch it early. I can tell you from experience, my mother-in-law who is 95, she lost her eyesight to glaucoma and so she has been blind for about over ten years and she really misses not been able to see the grandchildren really close. And so I would tell that the lady to get to the doctor and start those eye drops, anything so that you will not lose your vision from glaucoma. </p>
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<!--paging_filter--><p>Cataract surgery is perhaps the most important procedure for preserving vision for a lifetime.</p>
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A cataract is when the lens inside your eye becomes either clouded or discolored. </p>
<p>The symptoms of cataract is a decrease in vision. Patients usually come in saying that I have noticed either a gradual change in my vision or that things are more blurry and they are not sure if it’s because of a change in their prescription. </p>
<p>Glare around headlights, and people even say things just look a little hazy, like I am looking through a clouded window or soapy window. </p>
<p>The causes of cataract can be genetic. About the same age your parents had cataract is about the age you will get it. The UV rays of the sun and even smoking can speed up the progress of cataracts. It does get worse as you get older. </p>
<p>We diagnose cataracts by when you come in, we dilate you which means we make your pupils bigger so we can look inside the eye. </p>
<p>And we put you in an instrument called the slit lamp and we take a look at the lens inside your eye because it’s behind the iris, the colored part of your eye. If it looks discolored or hazy then we know that it’s a cataract. </p>
<p>It’s important that you get dilated so that the doctor can see the, more view of the lens. If you are not dilated and say it’s very dense, it is possible to see it. </p>
<p>Instead of looking clear between the iris, you will see a discoloration or a cloudiness but that would be only the cataract occluded or make cloudy the center of the lens. </p>
<p><strong>About Dr. Aleta Gong, O.D., F.A.A.O., F.C.O.V.D.:</strong><br />
Dr. Aleta Gong, O.D., F.A.A.O., F.C.O.V.D., is a graduate of the University of California San Diego and the Southern California College of Optometry. She is a Board Certified Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development. She has had extensive training at several hospitals and has been trained in specialty contacts, ocular disease, and vision therapy. </p>
<p>She is an active member of the American Optometric Association, and is past president of the Arizona Optometric Association. She also has been one of two state directors for the Special Olympics Opening Eyes Program since 2001. </p>
<p>Presently, she is the state liaison for the nurse’s vision screening program for Arizona. She was a state board proctor for the Arizona licensing board from 1993 to 2001. Dr. Gong has been chosen to be a C.O.P.E. reviewer for national lectures. Dr. Gong also started the InfantSEE® program for Arizona.</p>
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http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/cataract-what-and-what-are-symptoms-dr-gong#commentsCataractEyes & VisionDefinition & OverviewSymptoms & DiagnosisCausescataractsCausediagnoseDr. GongExpertSHAREsymptomsMon, 24 May 2010 19:19:04 +0000Dr. Aleta Gong10431766 at http://www.empowher.comCataracts: How Are They Treated? - Dr. Gonghttp://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/cataracts-how-are-they-treated-dr-gong
<!--paging_filter--><p>Dr. Gong explains how cataracts are treated and discusses the risks associated with leaving cataracts untreated.</p>
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Okay, the treatment for cataract is if you cannot do the things that you enjoy, driving, watching TV, getting up, doing the activities you just enjoy then we would recommend that you have the cataracts taken out. </p>
<p>And there are many surgeons that can take it out and there’s many options for you that they can discuss with you with different types of lenses. </p>
<p>The neat thing is they can do it without stitches. You don’t have to stay in the hospital and you just do regular follow-ups with your doctor one day after, one week after and three weeks after, unless there is an issue with your surgery. </p>
<p>The long-term risk factors of a cataract not being treated is that you would just have to deal with having a cataract. Many people opt not to take the cataracts out. If it doesn’t bother them, they understand that their lenses are cloudy then they will just use more lighting when they read. </p>
<p>They are careful not to drive at night. They just understand that they need more lighting on their reading when they are at home. </p>
<p>That would be the long-term risk factor otherwise it’s really up to you, if you don’t want to do it you don’t have to do it but you just won’t see as well, unless you are going to take your driver’s license test then, you know, many people have to take the cataracts out because they will not pass without it being out because it does decrease your vision. </p>
<p>Patients have asked me if you could go blind from having cataracts. Because the cataract is a clouded lens, depending on how clouded it is you will lose some vision because you have dimmer vision. </p>
<p>So you are looking through a clouded lens. Will it cause permanent damage? No. Once you have it taken out you usually have more light coming in so you do see better. </p>
<p><strong>About Dr. Aleta Gong, O.D., F.A.A.O., F.C.O.V.D.:</strong><br />
Dr. Aleta Gong, O.D., F.A.A.O., F.C.O.V.D., is a graduate of the University of California San Diego and the Southern California College of Optometry. She is a Board Certified Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development. She has had extensive training at several hospitals and has been trained in specialty contacts, ocular disease, and vision therapy. </p>
<p>She is an active member of the American Optometric Association, and is past president of the Arizona Optometric Association. She also has been one of two state directors for the Special Olympics Opening Eyes Program since 2001. </p>
<p>Presently, she is the state liaison for the nurse’s vision screening program for Arizona. She was a state board proctor for the Arizona licensing board from 1993 to 2001. Dr. Gong has been chosen to be a C.O.P.E. reviewer for national lectures. Dr. Gong also started the InfantSEE® program for Arizona.</p>
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http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/cataracts-how-are-they-treated-dr-gong#commentsCataractEyes & VisionDefinition & OverviewTreatmentsRisk FactorscataractsDr. GongExpertriskSHAREtreatmentuntreatedvisionMon, 24 May 2010 19:07:01 +0000Dr. Aleta Gong10431765 at http://www.empowher.comWhat to Expect from Cataract Surgeryhttp://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/what-expect-cataract-surgery
<!--paging_filter--><p>First, expect cataract surgery if you're healthy enough to live a long life.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/what-expect-cataract-surgery" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.empowher.com/cataract/content/what-expect-cataract-surgery#commentsCataractTreatmentscataractstypes of cataractswhat happens in cataract surgerywho gets cataractsWellnessMon, 24 May 2010 12:22:58 +0000Linda Fugate PhD10431734 at http://www.empowher.comProgressive Lenses: Are They for You?http://www.empowher.com/eyes-vision/content/progressive-lenses-are-they-you
<!--paging_filter--><p>I just got my first pair of glasses with progressive lenses and the optician told me it would take a couple of weeks to adjust. So far I'm just wearing them a few minutes per day, exploring this new world of vision and when I start feeling dizzy or exhausted, I take them off. </p>
<p>Progressive lenses are similar to bifocals, except that the focal length of each lens changes continuously from the distance vision prescription to the reading vision prescription.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.empowher.com/eyes-vision/content/progressive-lenses-are-they-you" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.empowher.com/eyes-vision/content/progressive-lenses-are-they-you#commentsCataractEyes & VisionFarsightednessNearsightedness Vision Problemsbifocalscontactsfar sightedfocal lensesnear sightedPresbyopiaprogressive lensestrifocalsMon, 19 Apr 2010 20:22:12 +0000Linda Fugate PhD1025532 at http://www.empowher.comKetorolac Tromethamine and Cataract surgery complicationshttp://www.empowher.com/community/ask/ketorolac-tromethamine-and-cataract-surgery-complications
<!--paging_filter--><p>Last Thursday, April 8, 2010 I had a Cataract removed. Since then I have had blurred vision, some floaters and some light flashes.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.empowher.com/community/ask/ketorolac-tromethamine-and-cataract-surgery-complications" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.empowher.com/community/ask/ketorolac-tromethamine-and-cataract-surgery-complications#commentsCataractCataract surgery complicationsWed, 14 Apr 2010 15:26:39 +00001025241 at http://www.empowher.com